Armagh Club football & hurling

bennydorano · April 10, 2008, 12:13:38 PM

Harps v Clanns Feile semi final is in Clonmore on sunday night at 6pm

IVEDECIDED · April 10, 2008, 01:04:05 PM

Is that Clann Eireann or Clan na Gael?

winsamsoon · April 10, 2008, 01:55:49 PM

Our fella's. Clann Eireann play Killeavy in the other semi.

IVEDECIDED · April 10, 2008, 02:21:32 PM

What were the controversial comments made in the media that caused the orchard county site to be suspended?

winsamsoon · April 10, 2008, 03:34:57 PM

Read back about three pages my son and there is a link for a separate thread which highlights it all. The mods will not take lightly to any such abuse on this thread as clamp downs are now on. Apparently. Freedom of speech has ended.

winsamsoon · April 10, 2008, 03:38:48 PM

I forgot to say there is a book burning next weekend, all books or writings criticising county players are to be burned as part of a mass exodus against the opposition

ACFfoxy · April 10, 2008, 04:03:05 PM

Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 06, 2008, 09:59:36 PM
Quote from: Shortso79 on April 06, 2008, 09:53:55 PM
New Website :

http://www.armaghcountyfans.com/

Looks decent. Are you foxy shorts?

Hi, im Foxy from armaghcountyfans.com

its free to register on it of course and i intend to go down the same route as Orchard County and supply a discussion forum along with the latest news, fixtures and results etc.

Hank Everlast · April 11, 2008, 08:29:42 AM

iv had a wee look at that new site and it seems very similar to the old one, it was always handy for up to date results and fixtures etc... hopefully that will continue!

ACFfoxy · April 11, 2008, 09:41:13 AM

Quote from: Hank Everlast on April 11, 2008, 08:29:42 AM
iv had a wee look at that new site and it seems very similar to the old one, it was always handy for up to date results and fixtures etc... hopefully that will continue!

yeah, i've tried to keep the look similar, its a winning formula

News, fixtures and results etc will be kept up to date and thanks to the Lurgan Mail and Portadown Times for plugging the site in this weeks edition.

diesel-smuggler · April 11, 2008, 10:07:24 AM

foxy it would probably do you no harm if you contacted the cross examiner and the newry democrat im sure they would give you a mention too!

ACFfoxy · April 11, 2008, 10:43:09 AM

Quote from: diesel-smuggler on April 11, 2008, 10:07:24 AM
foxy it would probably do you no harm if you contacted the cross examiner and the newry democrat im sure they would give you a mention too!

Cheers mate, i'll give them a quick email now, if you know of any other decent local papers in south armagh please post them

winsamsoon · April 11, 2008, 11:32:04 AM

a few questions lads, as i am ignorant in many ways to computers. Are there any perks for running these websites? Do the moderators get commission for amount of users or are they sponsored and the guy in charge gets a few bob?? The reason i ask is because if there is no pay involved then these guys should receive even more press because they do carry out a crucial service and are probably as effective to us as the county board with regardes fixtures time and dates of games.

full back · April 11, 2008, 01:29:14 PM

Quote from: winsamsoon on April 11, 2008, 11:32:04 AM
probably as effective to us as the county board with regardes fixtures time and dates of games.

Orchardcounty was far more effective than the county board for results & fixtures

ACFfoxy · April 11, 2008, 01:31:43 PM

Quote from: winsamsoon on April 11, 2008, 11:32:04 AM
a few questions lads, as i am ignorant in many ways to computers. Are there any perks for running these websites? Do the moderators get commission for amount of users or are they sponsored and the guy in charge gets a few bob?? The reason i ask is because if there is no pay involved then these guys should receive even more press because they do carry out a crucial service and are probably as effective to us as the county board with regardes fixtures time and dates of games.

I'm the Admin of ArmaghCountyFans.com and i've been admin on a couple of other sites through the years so i can answer your questions for you.

Q. Do I or Moderators Get Paid?
A. No, not one penny, maybe in much larger commercial sites Companys will pay a monthly fee to advertise there product or company. I've ran sites with 20,000 - 50,000 members and never had this offered to me so its rare. But please note, its not just admin's and mod's that make a site, as a forum is nothing without its members and it was very much the members who supplyed a lot of info on sites like OrchardCounty

Q. Why do you have ad's on your site and so does GAAboard?
A. Each time someone who clicks an ad it usually makes the site around 1p - 50p per click with the lowest price the usual amount, money made from ad's pays towards bandwidth and in my case towards the licence to run the forum, this board uses a licence free forum. You can bet your bottom doller that ad's rarely pay enough to cover these costs but they help towards the financial burden of running a site and rest comes from the admin's pocket.

In a nutshell there is no perks in running a forum, i love my county and have followed then to every corner of Ireland and in fact to London

and when Orchard County closed I felt our County deserved a forum to voice our opinions on the team and to provide as much info for supporters around the world. The Portadown Times and Lurgan Mail didn't have to plug the new site but i do applaud them for doing so.

winsamsoon · April 11, 2008, 02:01:32 PM

Fair play to you foxy you epitimise all that is good in our sport. You are clearly not in it for commercial gain( i wasn't suggesting this anyway i was just curious as to how they worked) I would also have to agree that the site is more effective than the county board. You have only to take a look at their website. Once again well done and i hope you get all the support needed.